Carinet



Jan. 4, 1938. w. 5 N 2,104,321

CABINET Filed June 28, 1937 INVENTOR M Will/km W527 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 4, 1938 Application time 2%, Midi, Seninll No. isomer This invention relntm to ceets, rim-1wcontanners and the like, d cularly to the type 'vnw n flexible In as n siidnhie closure thor.

n the princi object of this invention is to provide n novel and improved :10; of the type 1 two the c r movement is anits travel to unih' Another object hi is to provide s novel and improved -ca et oi the class set forth, wh is ually siidin one direction to cover the opening in the cabinet, and upon rel, will automati move in reverse dill rection to uncover mid -w 1:: at a slow rate Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved cabinet of the type mentioned, wherein the curtain, in its travel to a uncover the o in the cabinet, will automati slow up in its movement near the end of its travel.

A iurther object of this invention is to provide a novel improved et of the character 25 mentioned, wherein the curtain, in its movement to uncover the 1-1- 1 in the cabinet, will move slowly, and before the entire opening is uncov its rate of moent willbe continu- A object hi is to provide a novel and improved cabinet of the knock down tm "llE l-E i=6 .5 "n which when i condition, the curtain is wholly wrrled ei er on the foldshie body, or on one of ble of said cabinet.

Anot object hi is to provide a, cabinet of novei d improved construction of the type described, with means which automatically atfords c movement.

40 Another object hereof is to provide a cabinet of the character aforementioned which is cheap (on. sis-om Fig. '2 is n entail section taken st line 2 3 in m. 1, SE10 the 13.. :0. r a mu.

3 is s, or view show ng the curtain J: at to wmnletely uncover the front Fig. 5 is a sechon mites-i at line H in 1,, 13', the intent of L l the wells 0f met at r the top and bottom ends are w arni. 11a atiC T613113- sentotion of the sp shade roller employed, on

which the fiemihle a; w. is wound, and portionlarly showing the several included to 15 control :1

movement.

Fin. 7 is a view Midi to Fig. 2, of a modified embodiment of the present invention, wherein the roller is mounted on a i able bracket shown in rest tion. i

1 a" view of said modified emwe the curtain is mo. the curtain wi or at commencement oi moent to close the front 0.

Fig. 9 is a w tive view of said bracket.

In the dra, the numeral i5 dates sen- I a mhinet or box structure which may be made oi per or m o material and which o i he oi either the och down or rigid t cabinet a front to: .hshown cov by a iiemhle'c w it, the edges of which are slidahly mounted i the channel guides ll, mounted along the side wt: of said openat. i it, for the wiper hoard csbiw. is do of a corrugated sheet i8, onto a hat sheet 89, or it may other suie cotton. The free was is provided with a handle 20, while the other end thereof, is secured to o m i shade roller 2!, mounted interior the cahinet on suitable brackets 22. from the inner i of the front wall of the cabinet structure iiissecuredtherodflltoactasagnide for the curtain it, while the latter is either h 5 wound on the shade roller M, or unwound therefrom.

A two-ml 2| on the free end of the curtain is adapted to engage a fixed pin 25, to hold the curtain I6, whereby the cabinet opening is fully 5 closed. In this position, the torsion spring 26, of the shade roller II, is stressed. It is evident that upon release of the hook 24, from oii pin 25', the curtain I 6, will slide up by itself very rapidly and become wound up on roller 2i, due to the action of spring 26, and will come to rest when bar 27 at the free end of the curtain I6, reaches the reinforcement frame 28. Any othersuitable final stop means may of course be provided to limit the extent of travel of the curtain it.

I have also provided a bracket 29, secured to the ceiling of the cabinet structure l5, to carry a spring arm 30, having a friction element 31, of rubber or the like, at its end to rest with pressure against the roller 2i; thus acting as a brake means to materially retard the curtain speed during its entire travel while being wound up on the roller 2!.

Also, I have provided that a fixed member of the structure or a member mounted thereon, shall be positioned a fixed distance A from the axis of the roller 2i, which distance shall be a little less than the radius of the rolled up curtain. For such fixed member, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, I find it convenient to employ the ceiling 32 of the cabinet I5. Of course, the inner side of the front wall of the cabinet, or of the front fiange of the top end 33, may be used for such purpose although not illustrated, and referring to the modified embodiment shown in Fig. 7, component 34 of the bracket 35 is such member which is at a fixed distance A, meaning a distance a little less than the radius of the rolled-up curtain on the roller 25, mounted in said bracket 35, which latter is swingably mounted across the side flanges of the top end 33, on an axis provided by the aligned pins 36.

It is evident that as the curtain l6 winds up on the spring roller H, the radius of its wound up portion increases, then finally contact is made by such wound up portion of the curtain with the member described herein as fixed in relation to the axis of the roller 2|, whereupon the speed of curtain travel will decrease for the last portion of curtain winding movement, due to brake action resulting upon such contact mentioned. But it is to be noted that the force of the torsion spring 26, will yet be sufficient to further wind up the curtain 16, even against the continuously increasing brake action between said curtain which is of slightly yielding structure, and the fixed member explained.

When the curtain It, in the embodiment illustrated in Fig. '7, is manually moved to cover the cabinet opening, the bracket 35, carrying the roller 2|, will assume a forwardly tilting position as illustrated in Fig. 8, whereby the curtain portion just unwound, will be guided and aligned for easy gliding into the channel guides IT. The aforesaid movement of the bracket 35, whereby the roller is brought forward, is due to the forward force vector acting on the roller when the curtain is being moved to close the cabinet opening; it being noted that pins 36 form the axis on which bracket 34 is swingably mounted.

Bracket element 31, on which brake 38 is mounted, would stop against the ceiling 33 of the cabinet l5, to prevent a rearward tilting of said bracket which might, if otherwise, occur upon the winding up of the curtain IS, on the roller 2|.

The top and. bottom ends 33 and 40, may be removed and the cabinet knocked down by folding along the juncture of the walls and the crease lines 4| and 42. In the embodiment of Fig. 2, when the cabinet is knocked down, the roller 2| carrying the curtain l6, would remain mounted on the body of the cabinet structure, while in the embodiment of Fig. '7, said roller and curtain would remain mounted on the removed top end 33. A removable rod 43 is provided, on which coat hangers 44, carrying clothes, may be hung.

Regardless of all retarding action playing against the roller 2| and the curtain [6, the latter will be manually slid to cover the cabinet opening at such a speed as the force applied at the handle 20 will produce. It is evident, that the torsion spring 26 is stressed when such opening is fully covered by the unwound curtain l6. Now, upon release of the hook 24 from its retaining pin 25, the curtain IE will automatically wind up on roller 2|, due to action of the torsion spring 26, and brake 38 will cause the curtain ['5 to move slowly to uncover the cabinet opening, and when said curtain I6 is nearly fully wound, and its radius having grown to equal distance A, the curtain speed will slow up further until the curtain It has reached the limit of winding up on roller 2 l, as previously explained.

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applications without departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that the embodiments shown herein be deemed illustrative and not restrictive, and that the patent shall cover whatever features of patentable novelty exist in the invention disclosed; reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the specific description herein to indicate the scope of the invention.

I claim:--

1. In an article of the character described. the combination of a box structure having an opening, a curtain guide means mounted along said opening, a flexible curtain adapted to cover said opening, slidably mounted in the guide means, a bracket swingably mounted on the box structure, a roller journalled on the swingable bracket along an axis parallel to the axis along which the bracket is mounted; one end of the curtain being secured to the roller whereby upon rotation of the roller, the curtain will be wound thereon to uncover said opening, means to retain the cover over the opening, a means adaptedupon release of said curtain retaining means to automatically rotate the roller to wind up the curtain, and further adapted to return to operative condition upon manual sliding of the curtain to cover the opening, and a brake mounted on the bracket, adapted to act against the roller to retard the movement of the curtain while the latter is being wound up on said roller.

2. In an article of the character described, the combination of a box structure having an opening, a curtain guide means mounted along said opening, a flexible curtain adapted to cover said opening, slidably mounted in the guide means, a bracket swingably mounted on the box structure, a roller journalled on the swingable bracket along an axis parallel to the axis along which the bracket is mounted; one end of the curtain being secured to the roller whereby upon rotation of the roller, the curtain will be wound thereon to uncover said opening, means to retain the cover over the opening, a means adapted upon release of said curtain retaining means to automatically rotate the roller to wind up thecurtain, and further adapted to return to operative condition upon manual sliding of the curtain to cover the opening, and a member on the bracket fixed from the axis of the roller, a distance less than the radius'of the fully wound up portion of the curtain, whereby said member shall retard further movement of the curtain during the last portion of the travel of the curtain.

3. An article as in claim 1, including means to limit the movement of the swingable bracket away from the curtain guide means.

4. An article as in claim 1, wherein the distance from the axis of the roller to a part of the bracket spaced from said axis, is less than the radius of the fully wound up portion of the curtain, whereby said part of the bracket shall further retard further movement of the curtain during the last portion of the travel of said curtain.

5. An article as in claim 1, wherein the distance from the axis of the roller to a part of the bracket spaced from said axis, is less than the radius of the fully wound up portion of the curtain, whereby said part of the bracket shall fiu'ther retard further movement of the curtain during the last portion of the travel of said curtain, and including means to limit movement of the swingable bracket away from the curtain guide means WILLIAM GERSTEN. 

